German Yellowjacket

The antennal of the German Yellowjacket is all black, as opposed to black with yellow. The genal area is nearly continuous yellow. This species of yellowjacket is commonly found throughout the northwest. Most nests have 1,000-3000 workers. The German yellowjacket is a both a voracious predator and scavenger. They are meat eaters.

Honey Bee

Honeybees may make 10,000,000 trips to gather enough nectar to make a single pound of honey. The total distance traveled by all the bees to create this much honey may equal twice the distance around the world. Their activity for this single pound of honey means a total distance flown of 55,000 miles and over 2,000,000 flowers visited.

Bald Face Hornet

The Bald Face Hornet really isn't a hornet, they actually belong to the wasp family. In fact they are aerial nesting yellow jackets. They are common throughout North America. They are very defensive of their nest and will defend it vigorously. Unlike honey bees Bald Face Hornets can sting multiple times.

Wasp

The northern or paper wasp is about 3/4 to 1-inch long, slender, narrow waist with long legs and reddish-orange to dark brown or black in color. There are yellowish markings on the abdomen (rear body part). Paper-like nests, shaped like tiny umbrellas, are suspended by a short stem attached to eaves, window frames, porch ceilings, attic rafters, etc. Each nest consists of a horizontal layer or "tier" of circular comb of hexagonal (six-sided) cells not enclosed by a paper-like envelope. The ends of the cells are open with the heads of the larvae exposed to view.